T. Kent Wetherell entered the national debate over immigration after he temporarily stopped the Biden administration from implementing its immigration “parole” policy.
Immigrants seeking asylum in the U.S., who are stuck in a makeshift camp amongst the border walls between the U.S. and Mexico, look through the border wall on May 13, 2023, in San Diego, Calif. | Mario Tama/Getty ImagesA key part of President Joe Biden’s immigration policy is being blocked by a federal judge in northern Florida who had previously castigated the president’s immigration policies.
U.S. District Judge T. Kent Wetherell entered the national debate over immigration after he temporarily stopped the Biden administration from implementing its immigration “parole” policy that would allow some asylum-seekers to enter the U.S. with less restrictive supervision. He sided with Florida’s attorney general.
The Biden administration was set to implement that plan last week after the expiration of Title 42, the pandemic-era health policy that allowed the U.S. to turn away millions of asylum-seekers.Wetherell, 52, was born in Dayton Beach, Fla., and attended Florida State University for his undergraduate studies and law degree.
Last week, acting on a temporary restraining order request from Florida, the judge blocked the federal government from releasing some asylum-seekers under Biden’s post-Title 42 plans.Former Florida Republican Gov. Charlie Crist appointed Wetherell to the First District Court of Appeals in 2009. In 2018, former President Donald Trump nominated Wetherell to the U.S. District Court for Florida’s Northern District.Wetherell was involved in thousands of cases during his time on the bench.
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